Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch are responses to the human rights movement that began with the ___ of Human Rights, signed on December 10, 1948. In terms of creating a culture of peace, the ideas behind this document are critical.

Peace studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that draws on political science, sociology, history, anthropology, theology, psychology, philosophy, and other fields to:

understand the causes of armed conflict;
develop ways to prevent and resolve war, genocide, terrorism, gross violations of human rights; and
build peaceful and just systems and societies.